West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-03-17
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKINN DIVINE'S Sun.
DAY SERMON.
Subject "rhc Swelling ocJordau.'

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h1u contend vih h0rScS2 and II ia Ola, f.f5i.I
of pace, tghcrW thou t.v,Sicdt. thcu trrayir9
ufr. thru hone rW Uuu io tu the StrfIila. OF
JoIut1ui Jeremiah xii. o.
Not in UcWlaut, but I'm kindly term.
must complain that a wrong has been duuo
III anu lle cause OF honest journalism 10y "a
Pi'',hdyu sermon that rs going the rounds Of
huhdrVdN ut papers with uiV nanc uppond,,l
sermon entitled: "Fwuds Detected !" text
Nuiui"rS p. "t, " 2}; But n yc viii not
DO s., behold. yc have siuucd against tho
Lord' anu hc suro your sin will find you out 80
rot one sentence OF that pretended sermon
uld preach li this wore tho only oirolso
OF the Kind would not speak OF it, Such a
uauu Is not only a wrong 20 me but To tho
k'n,'emcn who, 40 these tables, sabbath low
Saohath, take accurate report OF what is s1id
ana Done AMI isa gross wrong To the two
thouSind tWSI1pcrs which giVC my sermon
III run 10 their readers, and often nj great cX-
Pcnso 70 themselves Tie only fault I hnvc
70 una Wllh the Newspaper press Of this Coiiu-
Try ls that they treat me too we'll But
CAhhot bn made responsible FOR entire ser
mons, not one word of which did / prcachl
buI now turn from personal explanation TO
ulS more important subject OF the tcNt
J'iHmah had become impatient with his
/ Ioubiys Nod Says Ia him: III YOU cannot
. stand these small trials and p'rs ,rutio what
. are You going 10 do when the creator trials
/ anu prosecutions comet II YOU have bo,n
/ running a race with foOtmcu nnd tbcy have
be3ten you, what chance is thero that you
/
/ changed. You know, i'm April and MAY tlio
/ Jordan overllows its banks, and the waters
2 rush violently on, sweeping everything before
| them And God says 10 the prophets "If
I you arc overcome with smaller ttipIs mud
/ NeAhtiOns which have assaulted Won what
/ VIII VIII you do whom the trials and annoy
I ohco aud prosecutions OF life como i'm n
I ieShcii III nm the land of peace whcrcin
4 Jhou truStedst, they wc0ricl thee then how
. wilt thou do in the swelling of Jor,InnT'
propose, NJ God viii help me- in "A very
/ pIaCucai way 10 ask. N 10 is such n diOicuit
| thlng 10 got along without the religion of Jc-
/ sus Christ when things aro comparntiycIv
| smooth, what viii We do without Christ amid
7 the oNorpouring miSfortuucs and disasters OF
/ mo that may come upon usf II troubles
/ slow as ioouncn, surpaSS us what will we do
] Whcn ihcy take the feet Of hOrscsl And il
/ no" M our lifetime We are beaten back and
/ submerged Of sorrows because we havo not
/ the religion Of Jesus 10 comfort us what win
/ we DO when we stand I'm death aud we feel
] AL around about us tho swelling of Jordnnyp ~
/ lhe TACT that You have come here my brother.
/ my SISTER shows that YOU have some
/ uHhEa y on believe in common with
myself. You believe thnt there is n God
] There rs not an Atheist i'm all this house
/ 90 not believe there ever was a roal Atheist
/ IN an the world. Napoleon was on a ship's
/ deck bound for Egypt H. was n bright
starry night, and as he paced the deck, think
| ing of the great affairs of the state and of
! the batilei he heard two mon on the deck i'm
! conversation about Col: ono saving thoro
! was God and tho Othcr saving there Nyos
( none. Napoleon stopped and looked up at
! the starry heavens, and then no turned To
/ Ihooe men lh cOnNcIEatiOn, aud said "Gcutle-
| men, J heard one of you say there ,,ns mo-
| Ood; n There Is no Cod win Won Dlc1eo to ton
| me who made all thatN hy, il You had mot
/ been persuaded of 70 before. Won nre
| persuaded Of % now; for the shining heavens
! declare the glory of God and tho earth fho,,s
] Ills haudwork. But YOU believe NOR, tbop
/ that you believe that there was n Jesus. Won
~, HUgli'ge ,.. ,na. lnere was Cross you believe
. that You have AN immortal soul; YOU believe
/ tlol ~ must be rcE,ucrutcl hy tho tpirit .f
I ppb, OF you cnn never dwell u bliss itrruaI
] Jiiink "a great many Of yOu will suy TINT won
/ bchoNo ~ is important TO- hayc tho raligion of
/ jesus Christ oyory day Of our lifu 10 smooth
/ our t'inp'rs and purify OIr minds. and hold
I Us lup.riurbaho amid all the ANNOYANCE md
/ veX"tons Of life You and / havo sccn so
/ tnnny men tamplod down by misfortunas
/ because Iuty hdd up faith in jesus and Won
/ say io yourself. eff they wcre SO o1eiIy
/ overcome by the trials of life ,ybat VIII
! 10 be When greater misfoTIuurs como
/ upon them - heart breaking colamitcs, tre-
| mehi"us EuclS. Oh, if we hHvo no God
| % comfort us when our fortune gocq. and wa
! look upon the graves OF our children. and our
/ hOus,' are despute whnt viii become of uq1
/ w nat sal thing DO Is 10 500 men, all uu-
] help.d OF GOD, going ont To- Gyht giants of
/ trouble; no closet OF prayer in which 10 re-.
/ treat no promise ~ mercy 20 soOtho the souI
no rock of refuge Jon which 90 hide from Tie
/ Dlhst. ON, when the swift cOursors Of trouble
are Drought up, Chnmpiug and pantin0 for
/ tho race and tho reius arc thrown unou tbeir
uockSt and the lnthorCd iiuuks az ovcrv eprin,
/ feel the stroke Of the LASH what can we DO o1
/ ioot "lth thomf How can we compete with
thcnf IT. having run with the fOotfueu tbev
Weai1cd u7. how can we contend with honest
We haNo all yielded TO termination We
/ nave been surprised ufterward that SO small
/ on lhduccmont could have dccoycd us from
/ the right How insignificant "a temptation
! has sometime captured our euIf And n
/ that I- $50. my dear brother. what win h. Lo
/ Wh'n "c como Co stand in The presence of
/ temptation i.ot prostratod a David. and q
Moses. and Is Peter. and como Of Tine rriqifia.t
/ men in an Gods k.ugI0mf Now ,ye oro
I hpNc'', but suppose we were PLACED iu some
PAIN ni TITO, as many OF Gods children IItt
,g5,,1 ,1o Mo- ,g can a J9e i0rcC t tyrth aui h.
We would go down under it Ifalrcudy We have
| been beaten By Insignificant foOfmen, We
would be disiaucCd ten thousand Leagues by
/ Ine h0ses an, j don't like 20 hear man
\ Say; vi could not commit such q sim as that
/ can't understand how n man could be car
ricd away like that n You don't know whnt
/ you could do n the grace of God left you You
/ know what John Bunyau said when be- saw q
/ man staggering along tho street, thoroughly
eWbruinl ln hi5 h1bIfs IIo said. "Iher8
goes John BIugan. but fur the grace Of Goa
/ cn ny WHOM ! soe ono utterly follon,
'ILuo 50. Dewitt Iuimrrr hrf far Tho
I grace oi God III wc have beeu delivered
rrom temptation 30 is beoouse the strong arm
| or Tho Lord Almighty has been about
us ana mot because We were any better than
ll0y lt 70 great folly i0 borrow trouble
I li "o con meet iiIO misfortune of today w8
win Dc able 'J me.t the troubles of to'm0r-
row but wrr05c now if through n lack n
/ tho religion of Jesus, wo ore otTlhr1qu by
small sorrows docs not our common senso
teach u7 That wc cannot sauI uu oyainst
great ouc' fv. cannot carry % pound. cam
We carry o. thousand pounds. lfwcarr % .ea1m.
I uEl coming INTO battle with ono regiment.